Mokpo Coast Guard Urgently Transfers 3 Emergency Patients from Island Villages on Holiday

Land Transfer Using Patrol Vessels and Coastal Rescue Boats

Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Kim Hae-cheol) announced on the 27th that emergency patients occurred consecutively in island villages of Jeonnam last weekend afternoon and were promptly transported to the mainland.

Mokpo Coast Guard is transporting an emergency patient from Daemado, Jindo-gun.
[Photo by Mokpo Maritime Police Station]

On the 26th at 4:01 PM, the maritime police received a report that Mr. A (in his 60s) was complaining of oral pain on Seondo Island, Sinan-gun, and dispatched a coastal rescue boat to quickly transport the patient and guardian to Jido Port.

Then, at 6:41 PM, on Haedo Island, Sinan-gun, Mr. B (in his 70s), who suffered a head injury from a traffic accident, was urgently transported to Shimi Port, Jindo, using a patrol vessel.

At 10:38 PM on the same day, a report was received that Ms. C (female, in her 70s) on Daemado Island, Jindo-gun, was unconscious accompanied by vomiting, and the patient and guardian were transported to Seomang Port, Jindo, via a patrol vessel.

A Mokpo Maritime Police official said, “We will do our best to protect the precious lives of the people by promptly and safely transporting emergency patients occurring in the jurisdiction’s islands and at sea.”